Esoteric Grandioso T1 Turntable

[Berwhale]

More expensive than a luxury electric car...

This maglev turntable costs more than a luxury electric car

At $74k, this gear is an odd pitch for TEAC's time to shine again

www.theregister.com

 

[charleski]

$74k? That's a bit low-rent, maybe something to put in the servants' quarters. If you can't afford an OMA K3 then at least get one of Techdas' budget models.

 

[Dialectic]

More expensive than a luxury electric car...

This maglev turntable costs more than a luxury electric car

At $74k, this gear is an odd pitch for TEAC's time to shine again

www.theregister.com

Can you get a Model S for $70K? I thought that used to be possible, but no more...

 

[bkatbamna]

I don't think this will sell well. No, not because it is too expensive, but because it is too cheap. The person that could afford this would rather get something more expensive

 

[Berwhale]

I don't think this will sell well. No, not because it is too expensive, but because it is too cheap. The person that could afford this would rather get something more expensive

Maybe, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giffen_good and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veblen_good for a couple of economic theories on why this might be the case.

 

[DSJR]

Do Neumann or others still make cutting lathes? Just buy the platter and drive system and mount your foo tonearm on that! If it's good enough and quiet to cut the master acetate the bloody records these people play on them ar emade from, it's MORE than good enough as a playback base, surely?

 

[Berwhale]

Do Neumann or others still make cutting lathes? Just buy the platter and drive system and mount your foo tonearm on that! If it's good enough and quiet to cut the master acetate the bloody records these people play on them ar emade from, it's MORE than good enough as a playback base, surely?

So a 'true audiophile' would not rest until they had obtained the actual cutting lathe that the acetate master of their vinyl was pressed from

 

[bkatbamna]

Maybe, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giffen_good and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veblen_good for a couple of economic theories on why this might be the case.

No need for theories. Speaker makers have told audio journalists that it is easier to sell $100,000 pair of speakers than a $20,000 pair. The rich don't want any peasant to have what they have.

 

[okok]

More expensive than a luxury electric car...

electric chair

 

[Tom C]

Do Neumann or others still make cutting lathes? Just buy the platter and drive system and mount your foo tonearm on that! If it's good enough and quiet to cut the master acetate the bloody records these people play on them ar emade from, it's MORE than good enough as a playback base, surely?

No one can challenge…

 

[DSJR]

So a 'true audiophile' would not rest until they had obtained the actual cutting lathe that the acetate master of their vinyl was pressed from

They used to use a decent (direct) drive in later examples and are VERY heavy of course, but of course they don't look the part and aren't covered in acres of chrome or brushed finishes...

The tolerances of these lathes should be more than tight enough that it wouldn't matter in trying to obtain the very item their precious vinyl was mastered on.

How much are used Neumann lathes anyway? Under twenty grand I'm sure and you wouldn't need the cutter parts